saorga
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Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish saerda, from saer (“artificer”). By surface analysis, saor + -ga.
Adjective[edit]
saorga (not comparable)
- artificial
- Synonym: bréige
- manmade
- Synonym: de dhéantús an duine
Declension[edit]
Declension of saorga
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | saorga | shaorga | saorga; shaorga² | |
Vocative | shaorga | saorga | ||
Genitive | saorga | saorga | saorga | |
Dative | saorga; shaorga¹ |
shaorga | saorga; shaorga² | |
Comparative | (not comparable) | |||
Superlative | (not comparable) |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
saorga | shaorga after an, tsaorga |
not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “saorga”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “saorga” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “saorga” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “saerda”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language